HCC Paddling Forum

I'll be darned. This is the second largest lake in Harris County, and canoeing has been prohibited since it's creation. I tried paddling it once several years ago, and the park ranger saw me unloading my boat and came over and ran me off. Since then, I've attended numerous nature presentations at the park, and I've brought up the subject of canoeing several times with the site manager, Bobby. He was always supportive, but had to fight bureaucracy over the idea. So I'm glad to see that this is finally going to happen!

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• John Rich

I have been asked by HCP4 to coordinate a "canoe parade" for the new park opening. The "parade" will be a short paddle around the lake. Their staffers propose a route that took them only about 25 minutes - of course I am willing to be more exploratory and enlarge that route to a mile or so. Please sign up on our Event Calendar so I can send more specific information and it will be fun to take this short spin on a new body of water.

Cheers,

Natalie Wiest